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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Reuters Was Hoping For A Bigger Story: Not Only Were The Tank Cars Empty, There Were No Injuries -- Derailment Due To Third Party; Increasing Derailments Ever Since President Obama Killed The Keystone XL?

Reuters, with a "New York" byline is reporting:
Several empty crude oil train cars derailed in North Dakota on Sunday, rail company BNSF Railway said on Monday, the latest in a string of "crude-by-rail" accidents that have prompted calls for stricter safety regulations in North America.
Nine cars of the train, traveling westwards, derailed near a town called Selz in central North Dakota after a truck crashed into it, BNSF said, adding that no injuries were reported.
Transporting crude oil by train has become increasingly popular especially from North Dakota's Bakken shale oil formation, where the unexpected surge in production in recent years has outpaced any expansion of the pipeline network.
But as ferrying crude by rail jumped to around 770,000 barrels per day (bpd) now from just 23,000 bpd in 2009, so has the potential for accidents.
If Reuters weren't/wasn't so politically correct, the third paragraph would have read:
Transporting crude oil by train has become increasingly popular across North America ever since President Obama and his activist environmentalists killed the Keystone XL
For those who were wondering, and I was not, Selz, North Dakota (wiki):
Selz is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Pierce County, North Dakota, United States. Its population was 46 as of the 2010 census. 
Selz is about 60 miles southwest of Devils Lake, North Dakota, well outside the Bakken oil patch.

It is unknown at this time whether anyone from Selz, North Dakota, has been able to access the ObamaCare website. 

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